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 Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2012 3:10 am
The sound of knocking was distant, at first. Jezebel kept rapping her knuckles against doors, waiting for a response, before moving on. Closer and closer she got, until Jordan's door was next, and she knocked on that door, too.
Her hair was still gooped with blueberry pie down one side, and her shirt was wet and red from jello and other food items, but most of the wetter stuff had dried enough by now. Still, she felt disgusting, and it was time for a bath.
Now all she needed was a towel.
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Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2012 3:19 am
Jordan opened the door to discover a food-covered weapon. One who looked vaguely familiar. "Uh. Hi," he said, somewhat nonplussed.
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Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2012 3:22 am
Jezebel recognized this one. She rolled her eyes, but then gave him the sweetest smile, trying to look as comely as possible. "Hi, screechheart. I'm Jezebel. I'm sorry if I'm disturbing you, but umm, could I possibly borrow a towel?" She winked as she gestured to her hair. "I need a shower. Bad."
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Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2012 4:01 am
"Jezebel?" Jordan blinked. Definitely not what he'd expected, but then again, very few of the weapons' golems looked anything like what he might have imagined. "You can borrow a towel, sure. Actually, if you want to borrow the shower, I'm the only one here right now, so there's actual privacy."
Robert had never talked much about Jazzy, but Jordan was aware that the relationship had always been less than friendly. Nevertheless, she was being polite, and she was clearly in bad need of a shower.
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Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2012 4:03 am
Jezebel stared at the hunter like he was the most beautiful thing on earth.
"If you weren't a human, I would kiss you right now." She grinned, nodding fervently. "I would love that. I assumed I was going to have to strip down in the communal showers and swim with the sharks. Not that I really would have minded.. too much."
She leaned in and gave Jordan a soft pat on the cheek. "You are adorable. I can see why he likes you."
She hopped into the room, and unabashedly looked around. It was obvious she was definitely taking him up on the offer.
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Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2012 4:14 am
The room was sparsely furnished, obviously only recently inhabited; the furniture was standard-issue, though a few personal belongings had been put away already.
"Thanks, I think," Jordan said dryly, and kept the sense of distinct awkwardness he felt off his face. He nodded towards the bedroom door. "It's back there," he said. "There's clean towels on the shelf behind the door."
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Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2012 4:16 am
"Awesome." She strolled over to the bedroom, walked in, and then turned around and walked out again.
"Hey. Umm." Her nose crunched up in thought. "You don't think I'm going to like.. melt in there. Do you?"
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Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2012 12:58 pm
"If you'd been prone to melting, you'd already know, I suspect," Jordan pointed out. "Looks like some of the ammunition was semi-liquid, and it didn't melt you. So it's probably safe."
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Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2012 11:38 pm
Jezebel looked down at herself, and then back up at him with a smug smile.
"Smart. Okay. I'll just be a minute. I'd offer if you wanted to come and join me, but.." Her smile quirked. "I already know the answer."
She disappeared back into the bathroom, turning on the water and humming a little tune.
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Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2012 12:14 pm
Jordan turned slightly red, but chuckled anyway. While Jezebel showered, he went over to the tiny kitchen in the room and started the coffee machine - it had taken a lot of cash and some promised favors to get the thing, but so worth it. As the machine burbled away, he leaned against the counter and considered the person currently in the bathroom.
Robert had never seemed comfortable with Jezebel, though they'd apparently managed a working relationship of some sort over time. The big man didn't like to talk about it, either, and Jordan hadn't been able to gather much about the conflict. It wasn't something he could have helped with, anyway. The bond was deeply personal. Robert was much more complex than he liked to let anyone know. Maybe, Jordan thought, whatever had drawn Jezebel to Robert was ultimately the source of the pair's problems.
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Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2012 12:56 am
"******** ME THAT'S HOT."
It wouldn't be hard to determine what had drawn Robert to Jezebel.
The shower was quick, but all she cared about was getting clean. When it was over, Jezebel took a few minutes to try and dry all of her hair out. When that failed miserably, she wrung it and just dragged the floor length pink tresses out with her, as she set to washing her clothing in the sink.
"So Jordan," She called out from the bathroom. "Are you having fun with your weapon? Or are you hiding out here like a p***y the same way my shithead is?"
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Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2012 7:55 am
"I'm not hiding," Jordan called back. "Not from Ferros, anyway. The chaos was getting to be a bit much for me, so I came back up here." He shook his head, smiling a little to himself. "It's bizarre having my head so quiet."
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Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2012 10:59 pm
"Yeah." Jezebel's voice softened for a moment, as she finished washing her clothes as best as she could, and set them to hang on the shower curtain to dry. "You think that's weird?"
She tucked the towel she'd been given around her body quickly and tiptoed out, trying not to get the floor too wet with her hair. "Try having a body for the first time in.. longer than you can remember." She grinned cheekily. "Even if it is as hot as this one. That's weird."
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Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2012 2:40 am
"I would imagine so. You seem to be adapting well anyway," Jordan said, with a quirk of a smile. The coffee machine finished burbling to itself,, and he turned around to pour a cup for himself, then hesitated. This was probably a terrible idea, but it'd be rude not to offer. He glanced back at Jezebel. "Would you like a cup?"
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Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2012 2:44 am
Jezebel's hand had been shaking her hair, but it stopped when he offered her a drink. She stared at the machine hesitantly. "Umm. Sure? That's uh, coffee. Right?"
She couldn't remember ever drinking coffee. But she knew everybody else around here did. Some religiously. And so, she assumed it was a good thing.
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